The next day, in the room of the post house, just when Xiao Yu was worried, footsteps sounded outside the door, and an attendant reported: "Xiangguo, an official outside said that he was ordered by His Royal Highness the King of Qin to invite Xiangguo to meet." ”

Xiao Yu stood up and asked, "Where are the people?" ”

"It's right outside."

Xiao Yu walked out of the door, only to see a group of soldiers guarding a young official outside the door, and he said in a loud voice: "I am Xiao Yu, the envoy of the Tang Dynasty, but you came to me on the order of the King of Qin?" ”

"The Ministry of Lower Rites is engaged in Yin Hongzhi, and he is waiting for the Tang envoy here on the orders of His Royal Highness."

Xiao Yu saw that he was only in his twenties, he was quite knowledgeable, and he couldn't help but feel good, so he returned the salute and smiled: "Please wait a while, I'll change my clothes." ”

Xiao Yu changed into an official uniform, took the official documents, took two entourages, and followed Yin Hongzhi to Shenwu Palace.

The palace road of Shenwu Palace is spacious, the palace walls on both sides are majestic, Yin Hongzhi silently leads the way in front, and more than a dozen forbidden soldiers in the rear follow behind him with swords, and the long palace road can only hear the sound of armor colliding.

Xiao Yu is no stranger to Yang Tong, giving him the impression that he is generous, timid and cowardly, and his success is not enough.

But since he was based in Jizhou, Yang Tong's behavior is shocking, and now he can conclude that the reason why Yang Tong had the reputation of being cowardly and cowardly in the past must be clumsy!

At a young age, he knew how to protect himself, and used his cowardly face to achieve his goal, and sat firmly in the position left behind in the Eastern Capital, and after taking over Jizhou, he was even more determined to forge ahead, changing the situation of the family's unauthorized power, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is young and promising!

Isn't Yang Guang also so precocious and deep?

Xiao Yu looked at the misty sky, and he was a little hesitant under his feet, he wasn't sure if the task of this trip could be completed......

Yin Hongzhi in front of him looked back as if he had a feeling, "Your Majesty, let's hurry up, don't let His Highness wait for a long time......"

Yin Hongzhi didn't have the slightest affection for Li Tang, who killed his father and his family was punished, even if he was Li Tang's official, he also had a deep hatred.

He led Xiao Yu through the long corridors and halls, and all the palace people he saw saluted this line.

The road was solemn and silent.

Yang Tong's requirements for the front hall are particularly strict, from the Yingwu Hengjie between the imperial city and the palace city to the Chaotian Palace, Chaoyang Palace, Chaoxi Palace, these places are not allowed to laugh and play, and those who violate the order are severely punished. And if it is not the day of the grand ceremony, there will be no guards, which makes the Nuo Daqian Dynasty look terrifyingly empty and quiet, and a mountain majesty hangs on Xiao Yu's head all the time, as if it can be pressed down at any time!

Xiao Yu is also deeply respected and trusted by Li Yuan in Li Tang, and he has been summoned to Taiji Palace many times, but he has never been given such a sense of oppression, and the breathing of depressed people does not dare to be loud, Xiao Yu secretly clenched his fists. A little cold sweat broke out on his back.

Yin Hongzhi led Xiao Yu to the Chaoyang Palace, Yang Tong was already waiting in the palace, he was sitting on the throne in a formal crown robe, and he vaguely saw a vague outline under the glow.

Xiao Yu bowed down and said: "Xiao Yu, the envoy of the Tang Dynasty, took me to the emperor's state letter and came to meet His Royal Highness the King of Qin of the Sui Dynasty!" ”

Yang Tong looked at Xiao Yu coldly, raised his hand slightly, and said, "Your envoy is exempt from courtesy......"

Speaking of Xiao Yu is his uncle and grandfather, but Yang Tong doesn't have the slightest affection for this person.

Xiao Yu is the younger brother of Empress Xiao, the seventh son of Emperor Ming of Later Liang, and the half-brother of Emperor Jing of Liang Xiao Cong. When he was seven years old, he was crowned king in Houliang, and later his sister married Yang Guang, and he followed him to Chang'an. Soon after Yang Guang ascended the throne, he appointed him as the squire of the inner history, but Xiao Yu was very upright, and often spoke out, and the annoyed Yang Guang demoted him to the local office, hoping to polish off his edges and corners, but after returning to the dynasty, it was still the same, so he threw him to a more bitter place, which expected that he would be more rigid after coming back, so he was demoted to the place several times, and transferred back to the court several times, and the last time was Yang Guang demoted him to the Hechi Taishou, but Yang Guang didn't have time to call him back to the court again, and the Jiangdu Palace changed!

Xiao Yu, this old man, is good, the brother-in-law who raised him is not cold, Li Yuan called him here, so he immediately wrote a letter and sent someone to Chang'an quickly, saying that he would arrive later. then packed his bags and went to Li Yuan.

Ruthless and unrighteous is talking about this kind of person.

Yang Tong, who was familiar with the twenty-four ministers, knew about Xiao Yu, and after Li Yuan abdicated and became the emperor, Li Shimin became the emperor. The former prime minister was only Xiao Yu, who was still active in the center of power until the 20th year of Zhenguan, but he also had six ups and downs, that is, six times to worship the prime minister, six times to be dismissed from the prime minister, and even cut off the title and was demoted from Beijing. Judging from this encounter, this is not Li Shimin's fault, but Xiao Yu's character is problematic.

It is said that the last time he came to the court, the deputy envoy Yu Wenshi also met with Empress Xiao, and a middle-aged uncle cried like a child; This Xiao Yu is good, he didn't even mention it to Empress Xiao, and Empress Xiao was still thinking about this conscienceless brother when he was lost.

Xiao Yu only dared to look directly at the real master of this young Da Sui at this time, the handsome young man was obviously not as tall as the middle-aged man, but sitting on it was like a mountain, you could only look up.

Xiao Yu gave birth to the feeling of "Tianjiao should be like this".

Yang Tong noticed his gaze and said indifferently: "Your envoy has come from Chang'an, and he has worked hard!" Li Yuan's meaning, this king roughly knows......"

Speaking of this, Yang Tong was hateful again, damn, these dogs actually calculated to come to his backyard again! But the most bitter thing is Li Xiuning, it is difficult to choose between her father and her husband, such a heroic heroine, but she woke up from her dream several times last night, which shows that her heart hurts to the extreme.

The struggle for world dominance is a war between men, what is the reason for you Li Yuan to make your daughter cheap? It's shameless! You don't love your daughter, Lao Tzu still loves your wife, he originally planned to throw Xiao Yu to Kong Yingda, who is also in charge of the Ministry of Rites, but Li Yuan's calculation of Li Xiuning's actions made him very angry in his heart, and it also made him have the idea of meeting Xiao Yu, and see what shameless conditions Li Yuan can put forward.

Looking at Yang Tong, who was sharp and his eyes suddenly became as sharp as a blade, Xiao Yu's heart secretly lifted, only to hear Yang Tong continue: "Li Yuan attaches great importance to the four counties of Jincheng, Caohan, Douhe, and Xiping, just to get the Hequ horses in Hexi and form a powerful cavalry to compete with this king!" These four counties, this king can give him, and even Huining, Wuwei, and even the entire Guannei Dao are easy to discuss? It's just that what can Li Yuan give to Da Sui? What can be given to Da Sui? ”

Yang Tong didn't have any extra politeness, Rao is Xiao Yu was ready, but he was caught off guard.

Xiao Yu changed the topic and said: "Before mentioning the ownership of these four counties, I would like to ask His Royal Highness the King of Qin, why did the Sui army occupy Jincheng and other four counties to break the peaceful situation in Guanzhong?" In fact, no matter how much the Sui Dynasty fights, I don't think it should be carried out in Guanzhong, because Guanzhong not only has the interests of my Datang, but also the interests of the Great Sui. Therefore, I hope that this is a misunderstanding, and that your army can withdraw as soon as possible in accordance with the consensus of the one-year contract, so as to restore peace in the pass. ”

Yang Tong smiled coldly: "When the Sui and Tang Dynasties signed the peace treaty, first, they reduced their respective armies in Guanzhong; The second is that within half a year, Li Tang is not allowed to invade the territory controlled by Western Qin, if this king is not mistaken, Tianshui, Longxi, and Lintao have been taken away by you, right? So it's you who are in default. ”

"It was the Xue brothers who started the war." Xiao Yu was annoyed, the feeling is that we can't fight back if we are beaten, this is?

Before Xiao Yu finished speaking, Yang Tong interrupted him: "The contract was signed by the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and it is not binding on Western Qin, what happens to them, this king doesn't care!" This king only knows that it was Li Yuan who violated the contract not to conquer Western Qin for half a year, and you broke the agreement to occupy the three counties of Western Qin, so why can't Benwang's army occupy four counties? Li Tang broke the promise, and Xiao Xiangguo's thief shouted to catch the thief, so he couldn't help but laugh and be generous. ”

Xiao Yu was speechless, and only said after a while: "In this case, I'm afraid it will hurt the harmony, and my Datang military will not sit idly by and watch the four groups lose." ”

"What's that nonsense? Just pull up the army and hurt each other! Anyway, Guannei Dao is just a corner of my Great Sui, and it's a big deal to move the people to Bingzhou, even if it is broken, it doesn't matter, and this king is not a pity. It is to see how long Guanzhong, which Li Yuan controls, can hold on, and how long Guanlong's magnates can support him. ”

This is the crushing of strength, he didn't even bother to conspire, Yang Tong could bear the price of the thirteen counties in Guannei, but Li Tang, who had no strategic depth, couldn't afford the price of becoming a thousand miles of red in Guanzhong.

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